Exploration & development

The World Coal Association has welcomed the final major approval for the Carmichael coal project in Queensland, Australia.

A court has rejected Wollongong Coal’s attempt to set aside a critical review of the Russell Vale expansion project by the New South Wales Planning and Assessment Commission.

Great Quest Fertilizer Ltd has announced it has renewed the Tilemsi and Tarkint Est permits for a further period of two years.

Prairie Mining commences scoping study at its recently acquired Debiensko hard coking coal project in Poland.

Belarusian Potash Co. and CNCCC sign a memorandum of cooperation with CNCCC to supply 1.5 million t of potash fertilizer from 2017 to 2019.

Work to update the prefeasibility study on Jameson Resources Crown Mountain metallurgical coal project has begun.

Paringa Resources announced the results of an updated BFS on the Buck Creek coal mining complex, incorporating the staged, modular development and cash flows from the Poplar Grove and Cypress mines.

Edenville Energy’s bulk sampling results from MK2 seam confirm suitable coal quality and high yields will be available for the Rukwa coal to power project in Tanzania.

African Energy provides an update on the progress at the Mmamabula West integrated power project.

IC Potash Corp. has announced that the results of an independent Canadian National Instrument 43-101 compliant (NI 43-101) Preliminary Economic Assessment.

Prairie Mining and China Coal enter into a financing and construction co-operation agreement for the Jan Karski coal mine in Poland.

Coal from Tiger’s Realm’s Project has passed technical acceptance at two North Asian steel companies with other interested.

Intra Energy Corp. has announced the company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sinohydro Corp. of China.

Progress is continuing at the Nuurstei metallurgical coal project in Mongolia after pit optimisation work indicated the potential for a low-cost opencast mining operation.

The Queensland state government has declared the Carmichael coal mine and rail project, as well as associated water infrastructure, a “critical infrastructure” project, easing the path to final approval.